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Scarlett

ShortStory 5,882 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources

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"Scarlett’s eyes had to be perfect. Jon was the artist who’d made her, so it bothered him to think that so much of Scarlett would be crafted by other people. Scarlett’s limbs were carved from silicon polymer and coated in a soft synthetic skin from the best prosthetics companies in the world..."

Psychological HorrorAI PersonhoodAmbiguous Ending

More tags 17

Art And CreationHorrorDreadAI FictionSlow BurnUnsettlingBodily AutonomyConsciousnessDarkIntimateUrbanNear FutureContemporaryClose Third PersonIdentityCharacter DrivenScience Fiction

Content warnings 3

body-horrorsexual-contentviolence

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